A Guide to Photography

In this guide to photography, my aim is to give you an overview of all the different kinds of genre there are so that you can begin to find your own voice as a creative photographer. Feel free to contact me if you would like an area covered which you can't yet find here.

1. Abstract Photography

Before beginning our exploration into abstract photography as a genre, lets take a look at what the word abstract means. One definition of abstract is that it "begins with an object in reality and...

2. Aerial Photography

RC aerial photography (RC = remote control) has gained in popularity in recent years largely due to the availability of inexpensive cameras. This means affordable aerial photography...

3. Art Photography

A definition of fine art photography is very difficult to pin down, and varies widely depending on who you speak to. But in general it can be said that it refers to a photograph whose purpose is more than just mere representation, and attempts to go beyond realism.

4. Amateur Astrophotography

Amateur astrophotography is available to anyone with a simple point-and-shoot camera. This introduction will get you started taking shots of the Moon, planets, constellations and more...

5. Documentary Photography

The history of documentary photography presents us with the most accurate records we have of past events and the documentary photograph has been used to document pretty much everything from cataclysmic world-scale events such as war and terrorism...

6. High Fashion Photography

In high fashion photography, the image is no longer concerned with the human being. The photograph itself is a highly constructed object. The subject is usualy photographed in the studio, removed from the real world, and surrounded by...

7. Photojournalism

The history of photo-journalism is replete with dramatic images such as the one below of Thich Quang Duc who set fire to his own motionless body at a busy road junction in Saigon. This was in 1963, in protest at...

8. Street Photography

That pictures sometimes capture the private in public is simply one of the fascinating facets of Street Photography. The Eisenstaedt photograph of two strangers sharing a kiss in Times Square to mark the end of World War II is iconic Americana...

9. Surreal Photography

Surreal photography was born out of the surrealist art movement in the early twentieth century based on the philosophy embodied in Andr� Breton's 'La R�volution Surr�aliste' of 1924...

10. Surreal Photos

Eight surreal photos by eight artists from eight different countries - Ireland, Malaysia, the US, Turkey, Holland, Sweden, Russia and France. Proof that visual art is an international language without boundaries! The images on this page will give you a flavour of the tremendous...

11. Urban Photography

In urban photography we find a spontaneity of imagery which does not rely on the random presence of human subjects as it does in street photography. Think of urban pictures as representing an archeology of people who project onto...

12. War Photography

War photography produces some of the most memorable images, photographs which stand the test of time, and of all the famous war photographers, one in particular stands out...

13. Zen Photography

To understand Zen photography let's listen to what photographer and Zen practitioner Wayne Rowe has to say. According to Rowe, an image made in the true spirit of Zen photography can provoke the moment of enlightenment that in Zen is called satori....